🇺🇸Physics-research startup Physical Superintelligence launched with $58 million in seed funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Matt Pines, Alex Klokus and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross launched Physical Superintelligence, or PSI, as an artificial intelligence-focused physics research laboratory. The organization is developing computational models and tools for designing and optimizing physical systems.

PSI announced $58 million in seed funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Dragon Global and Robot Ventures were also identified as participating investors.

The funding announcement accompanied the company’s launch rather than a later-stage financing. The supplied source did not disclose a valuation, ownership percentages, hardware deployment plan or specific computing-capacity commitment.